John, sculptor, lived and died here, B. 1755, D. 1826, Flaxman.
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Erected by the Society of Arts
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The above plaque was mounted in the wall of no. 7 Greenwell Street which previously occupied this site.
Erected before May 1876.
W1, Greenwell Street, 7 (Former)
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Flaxman
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John Flaxman
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